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Departure
Ease the back pressure smoothly as you rotate into the initial climb, letting g build gradually instead of spiking to 1.8 g.
What happened: You pulled 1.8 g through the first climb segment, and abrupt handling like that usually carries straight into the next segment, where this flight showed 1.5 g.
Watch for: G-meter: a smooth, steady build staying within the normal climb band.
Preparing for a stable approach will give you time to decide on whether to attempt the landing or going around. Too much altitude with a high sink rate will result in carrying too much speed onto the runway. Configuring flaps and the gear late also won't help the speed decay.
Read more in The Stabilised ApproachStart to finish · 11 stages, 9 scored
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 500 ft gate: gear still up, sink rate 10,792 fpm, more than the glideslope needed, glideslope 11.6° against the runway's 3°, centreline 8.5° off, against a 1° limit, wings 60° of bank, against a 10° limit and speed 139 kt FAST on the reference speed of 99 kt.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the full 1,524 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 57 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone.
The rest of the report
The Eurofighter Typhoon taxied from its parking position to the departure runway, a taxi-out that required 94 minutes and covered 28 nm.
The aircraft commenced its departure roll on runway 13L at EDDK Cologne Bonn Airport, accelerating through a takeoff distance of 906 m which represented 24 % of the runway length. Liftoff was achieved at 235 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 9 °C, wind from 140° at 2 kt, with a headwind component of 2 kt and no crosswind.
En-route climb began overhead EDDK Cologne Bonn Airport, Köln (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany). The Typhoon climbed from 1,168 ft asl to 983 ft asl, an increase of 185 ft in 1 minute while covering 9 nm.
During the final approach to a runway located 1 mile south-east of Siegburg (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany), the aircraft descended from 2,362 ft agl to 51 ft agl in 33 seconds and was recorded as having scored on the stabilisation gates.
In the immediate phase preceding touchdown, the aircraft descended from 16 ft agl to 0 ft agl, a decrease of 16 ft in 0 seconds.
Touchdown occurred 1 mile south-east of Siegburg (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) at a speed of 124 kt. The touchdown rate was minus 749 fpm and the touchdown point was 59 m down the runway. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 11 °C, wind from 142° at 2 kt, with a crosswind component of 1 kt and a tailwind component of 2 kt.
Overall, the flight covered a total distance of 40 nm, taking 4, and consumed 1,855 kg of fuel.
During the final approach to the runway located 1 mile south-east of Siegburg, the Eurofighter Typhoon descended from 2 362 ft AGL to 51 ft AGL in 33 seconds and was scored on the stabilisation gates.
In the threshold and flare segment the aircraft dropped from 16 ft AGL to 0 ft AGL, a decrease of 16 ft recorded in 0 seconds.
Touchdown occurred 59 m beyond the threshold at a speed of 124 kt, which was identified as too fast, and the vertical rate was very heavy at minus 749 fpm. Local weather was 11 °C with wind 2 kt from 142°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 2 kt tailwind.
With an overall score of 38.6%, reduce the touchdown speed toward the appropriate VREF and refine flare technique to achieve a lighter vertical rate. These adjustments will raise the landing performance.
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